The Unkindest Cut!

What punishment do you want to give to a Rapist? Either a 7-year long jail term or an extreme punishment of Castration!  With the incidents of rape increasing day by day in our country, is this 7 year jail term is sufficient or should we support the suggestion of Justice Kamini Lau for an alternative punishment castration of rapists?

A Thomson Reuters Foundation global poll reveals a shocking fact that India is the fourth most dangerous place in the world for women and the main reasons for such low scoring were female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking. It is an irony for a country where first person of the country  is a woman, President Pratibha Patil. More over four major states in India, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and West Bengal are ruled by women chief ministers J Jayalalitha, Mayawati, Sheila Dikshit and Mamata Banerjee respectively. In addition to this, the ruling congress chief (Sonia Gandhi) and the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha (Sushma Swaraj) are also women.

Justice Lau expressed her dismay over the absence of a law allowing courts to punish rapists and molesters with castration. Castration of Rapist is an idea that has been stirring the conscience of lawmakers and upsetting human rights activists around the world. The comments of Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau while awarding a 10-year prison term to Dinesh Yadav, who had repeatedly raped his 15-year-old stepdaughter shouldn’t be ignored.

Surabhi Raut